#8E53EE#8E53EE

#8E53EE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.221 H 296.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E53EE
RGB	rgb(142, 83, 238)
HSL	hsl(263, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(263, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 65.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.63, 56.32, -69.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.63, 89.38, 309.06°)
OKLab	oklab(59.03% 0.0986 -0.198)
OKLCH	oklch(59.03% 0.221 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.6772, 18.1098, 82.8043)
Luminance	0.1811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E53EE #B3EE53

analogous

#5365EE #8E53EE #DC53EE

triadic

#8E53EE #EE8E53 #53EE8E

tetradic

#8E53EE #EE5365 #B3EE53 #53EEDC

square

#8E53EE #EE5365 #B3EE53 #53EEDC

split-complementary

#8E53EE #EEDC53 #65EE53

monochromatic

#5012B5 #691BE8 #8E53EE #B38BF4 #D7C2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#8E53EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#8E53EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E53EE

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E53EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E53EE	1.00	4.54	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0074EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76779A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e53ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 83, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.221 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b687f4',
    500: '#8e53ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e53ee;
$custom-light: #b687f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e53ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.839,
    "s": 82.011,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59029,
    "c": 0.22125,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E53EE

secondary

#D5EAB2

accent

#DE078C

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120B17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E53EE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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